A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Cabodiongan in Philippines. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 125.2747 East, latitude 13.0086 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 04:50:04 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/02/16 / 2016-02-18 20:50:04 / February 18, 2016 @ 8:50 pm. Id of earthquake: us10004rrg. Event ids that are associated: us10004rrg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catarman, Arteche, Mondragon (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Catarman (c. 47 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Laoang (c. 16 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pambujan (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gamay (c. 9 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Palapag (c. 8 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mondragon (c. 5 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Arteche (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km NNE of Cabodiongan, Philippines. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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